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td5man · 30-01-2014 09:57PM

Reggie. wrote: »

can be a bit of a shock alright if ya aint used to buying it

Used a lot of midland claddings stuff in a previous life.

Reggie. · 30-01-2014 09:58PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

We had it on it was a disaster. Rain always blew through it and the straw bed would be in ****e

having same problem with my shed but not an option to sheet it like you did as id never get the tractor into it

tanko · 30-01-2014 10:11PM

OZS heifers

tanko · 30-01-2014 10:17PM

OZS out of TKO cow x HE

Greengrass1 · 30-01-2014 10:26PM

Reggie. wrote: »

having same problem with my shed but not an option to sheet it like you did as id never get the tractor into it

We have it cut a ftvand a half higher than tractor. Once bed hits the foot clean out the shed

Conmaicne Mara · 31-01-2014 05:56PM

I made use of the hospitable part of the day to fill a few bags of sticks for the fire and go rock hunting again. Not exactly hard to find in my part of the world. This area is used by the ewes where they gather to roar at me before feeding time in the Spring. So I raised the wall at the top of the photo and dug out some more stones for the next stage. They had better appreciate the shelter, first one found knocking stones off it gets shot. I've a rock the other side of that wall fell down into a drain many years ago I need to break with the sledge (and safety glasses) before I can move it. Only end up blocking the drain again otherwise.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/12238804103/

Muckit · 31-01-2014 06:01PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

We had it on it was a disaster. Rain always blew through it and the straw bed would be in ****e

Even if you put a second staggered run on inside..like a pallet? Are those sheets you put on gapped?

onyerbikepat · 31-01-2014 06:53PM

tanko wrote: »

OZS heifers

Nice. What breeding in the black one? Is she for sale?

just do it · 31-01-2014 07:04PM

tanko wrote: »

OZS heifers

Nice heifers tanko, what are they like temperament wise?

tanko · 31-01-2014 07:49PM

Black heifer's mother is same colour, she is off a BHH limo x ch cow and a EPN x CF41 scrub bull. Sorry, she's not for sale. Hopefully she'll make a good cow.
Temperament of OZS calves seems very good. Here's one more of a CF51 x Angus x HE cow.

tanko · 31-01-2014 08:00PM

OZS of a TKO cow of an OEI cow.

GrandSoftDay · 31-01-2014 08:03PM

tanko wrote: »

OZS of a TKO cow of an OEI cow.

Craziest calf I ever had was out of OEI, you just gave me a shudder at the thought of him

Genghis Cant · 31-01-2014 08:19PM

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Craziest calf I ever had was out of OEI, you just gave me a shudder at the thought of him

I can't believe it. We had a couple and they were stone mad. From quiet cows too. FL22 was the new OEI:eek:

tanko · 31-01-2014 08:19PM

You're dead right about OEI, I have a black limo cow out of him and she's nuts, but she has a good calf every year so I keep her:rolleyes:. This is her APZ calf from last year, not one of her best ones but ill keep her on.

The nutcase beside her with the horns is off NSQ who is out of the same cow as OEI i think. Whoever picked these bulls for AI wasn't worrying about docility.

Genghis Cant · 31-01-2014 08:20PM

tanko wrote: »

OZS of a TKO cow of an OEI cow.

You've very well bred cattle there Tanco, a bit like our own, are you finding it a challenge to retain milk?

Mac Taylor · 31-01-2014 08:31PM

Tanko, at what age will you bull them and do you know what bulls will you use. I have a black lmxaa which we were thinging of letting up but not sure what to put on her.

dh1985 · 31-01-2014 08:33PM

tanko wrote: »

Black heifer's mother is same colour, she is off a BHH limo x ch cow and a EPN x CF41 scrub bull. Sorry, she's not for sale. Hopefully she'll make a good cow.
Temperament of OZS calves seems very good. Here's one more of a CF51 x Angus x HE cow.

What kind of ages are your heifers if you dont mind me asking

tanko · 31-01-2014 08:34PM

Yeah, lack of milk is a problem alrite. Ten years ago I had aax and hex cows with too much milk and all the problems that goes with that. Now I have lmx and chx cows with too little milk. Have fourteen cows in calf to FZF now so hoping for a few heifers this spring.

I have tried a lot of breeds over the years and I still think that the right AAX cow and a CH bull is as good as any combination on poorer land.

tanko · 31-01-2014 08:43PM

Those calves are march/April 2013. I know it's not the done thing nowadays but I don't calve heifers until they're 3 years old. I just think you have a better cow in the long run doing that. Those calves wouldn't be heavy enough to bull this summer.

I'd put a lim like GZP or HCA or maybe an AA like GJB on them. I'm toying with the idea of getting some stabiliser straws too.

Genghis Cant · 31-01-2014 08:51PM

tanko wrote: »

Have fourteen cows in calf to FZF now so hoping for a few heifers this spring.

FZF Favori seems to be the bull to produce heifers if all that's written about him is true!

We would have very little AA in our cows now. BA, CH and Lim mainly. A good cow of any breed is a good cow!

dh1985 · 31-01-2014 09:36PM

tanko wrote: »

Those calves are march/April 2013. I know it's not the done thing nowadays but I don't calve heifers until they're 3 years old. I just think you have a better cow in the long run doing that. Those calves wouldn't be heavy enough to bull this summer.

I'd put a lim like GZP or HCA or maybe an AA like GJB on them. I'm toying with the idea of getting some stabiliser straws too.

Yeah we would usual leave until 30 months or so ourselves eventhough as you say lads you beat you for even thinking of letting them go past 24 months.

Genghis Cant · 31-01-2014 09:39PM

Here's two heifers we're gonna bull in May. The pic was taken Oct 7th 13, heifers around 8mths at that time. The heifers are a year old now and weigh 420-440kgs. The black is by the Limousine bull Equalizer (FZM) out of a blue/grey cow. The white is by the Simmental bull Newry (KFY) out of a PB Charolais cow.
We would be thinking of AIing them to Dubai (THZ) Limousine and calving them next spring. All goin well.

Greengrass1 · 31-01-2014 09:42PM

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River getting full... Field has a cover of 800 on it. Not good

Mac Taylor · 31-01-2014 10:29PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Here's two heifers we're gonna bull in May. The pic was taken Oct 7th 13, heifers around 8mths at that time. The heifers are a year old now and weigh 420-440kgs. The black is by the Limousine bull Equalizer (FZM) out of a blue/grey cow. The white is by the Simmental bull Newry (KFY) out of a PB Charolais cow.
We would be thinking of AIing them to Dubai (THZ) Limousine and calving them next spring. All goin well.

Nice stock, would love to pick up a few heifers like the white one, but they seem rare as hens teeth.

limo_100 · 31-01-2014 10:41PM

tanko wrote: »

Those calves are march/April 2013. I know it's not the done thing nowadays but I don't calve heifers until they're 3 years old. I just think you have a better cow in the long run doing that. Those calves wouldn't be heavy enough to bull this summer.

I'd put a lim like GZP or HCA or maybe an AA like GJB on them. I'm toying with the idea of getting some stabiliser straws too.

what weight would your heifers b tanko would they be roughly be around 300kg?

Genghis Cant · 31-01-2014 10:45PM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Nice stock, would love to pick up a few heifers like the white one, but they seem rare as hens teeth.

I dunno where I'd go to get the like of her, who in their right mind would put a Simm on a ped CH cow :-). And Newry is gone too.
The black one has got into a lovely heifer too. Her dam had milk so we're hoping she will too.

tanko · 31-01-2014 10:49PM

limo_100 wrote: »

what weight would your heifers b tanko would they be roughly be around 300kg?

Yeah I suppose they're about 300 -325 kgs.

Mac Taylor · 31-01-2014 11:10PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I dunno where I'd go to get the like of her, who in their right mind would put a Simm on a ped CH cow :-). And Newry is gone too.
The black one has got into a lovely heifer too. Her dam had milk so we're hoping she will too.

Now that you brought it up, what was the logic!!!!!

hugo29 · 31-01-2014 11:13PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I dunno where I'd go to get the like of her, who in their right mind would put a Simm on a ped CH cow :-). And Newry is gone too.
The black one has got into a lovely heifer too. Her dam had milk so we're hoping she will too.

What do you hope to cross back to them evantually genghis , nice heifers btw

hugo29 · 31-01-2014 11:14PM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Now that you brought it up, what was the logic!!!!!

Logic and farming in the one sentence:D

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